Strainer.



PATBNTED MAR. 8, 1904.

M. H. VINER, STRAIN-ER. APPLICATION rILnn APB.14,'1903.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,939, dated March 8, 1904.

Application filed April 14, 1903.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTHA HATFIELD VINER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Strainers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to strainers for domestic uses, and has for its objects to provide for holding a fabric or bag strainer by clamping and supporting means, so that the strainer may be readily used and may rest upon a vessel during the straining-operation and so that the fabric or bag may be readily removed for cleaning or repair or renewal.

I will now describe the construction of the strainer embodying my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings and will thereafter point out my invention in claims.

Figure 1 is a side view, partially broken away, of a strainer embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the clamp. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the holdingring.

The main parts of the strainer comprise a retaining-ring, a clamp, and a straining-bag. The retaining-ring 11 has enlargements at top and bottom which stiffen and strengthen it and which also assist in preventing displacement of the straining-bag Z and of the clamp a. The upper enlargement or flange it is also a drip-guard, preventing the liquid from percolating between the ring and clamp. The lower enlargement 7' is formed by a Wire binding and turned-over edge, affordinga rounded edge over which the neck of the strainingbag Z may be easily passed when the clamp has been removed. The clamp comprises a split ring or band a, provided at its upper and lower edges with resilient wires 6 c, overwhich the edges of the band are turned, and these wires may be in one piece, extending beyond the band to form handles looped at their ends d 6, one handle being longer than the other and slightly enlarged. The ends of the band a extend out a short distance, so that no sharp edgels can come in contact with the strainingbag dles and may be moved clear of the shorter A locking-loop 9 slides over the han-' Serial No. 152,512, (No model.)

i handle, but is retained on the longer handle by the enlargement at the end of this handle. The clamp is further provided with a projecting supporting arm or stop it at the end thereof opposite the handle, and this stop it, in connection with the handles, permits the strainer to rest upon the mouth of the receptacle into which the material strained fiows from the strainer.

The parts above described may be made of suitable metal, as tinned iron. The strainingbagl is made of a fabric, cloth, or material suitable to the liquid to be strained, as for straining soups to separate the grease I have found that butchers linen is very effective, and I have also employed what is known as terry cloth. In straining jellies a species of flannel may be used.

It will be noted that the clamp is of sufiicient power to hold a pieceof cloth or other material folded into the form of a bag and unsewed.

The clamp may be readily released by sliding the locking-loop g outwardly clear of the shorter handle and may then be removed from the retaining-ring 2' and the straining-bag Z removed for cleaning or repair or for the insertion of a new bag, and the clamp may be readily replaced and locked.

It is evident that modifications may be made in the construction shown and above particularly described within the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A strainer comprising a retaining-ring, a straining-bag fitted over the retaining-ring and a clamp having portions'movable relatively to each other and embracing the retaining-ring for clamping the straining-bag thereupon.

2. Astrainer comprising a retaining-ring having an enlargement at its lower part and a drip-guard at its upper part, a strainingbag fitted over the retaining-ring below the dripguard,and a clamp having portions movable relatively to each other and embracing the retaining-ring for clamping the strainingbag thereupon.

3. A strainer comprising a retaining ring edges and handles 6, 0, d and e, a locking-loop g fitting over the handles, and a supportingarm 7L projecting from the band *6, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of Witnesses.

MARTHA HATFIELD VINER. Witnesses: LILLIAN GHARTRES, ANNIE E. VINER, WILLIAM F. STRAsMER. 

